OECD Economic Surveys: Turkey
- Frequency :
- Every 18 months
- ISSN :
- 1999-0480 (online)
- ISSN :
- 1995-3429 (print)
- DOI :
- 10.1787/19990480
OECD’s periodic surveys of the Turkish economy. Each edition surveys the major challenges faced by the country, evaluates the short-term outlook, and makes specific policy recommendations. Special chapters take a more detailed look at specific challenges. Extensive statistical information is included in charts and graphs.
OECD Economic Surveys: Turkey 1992
- Publication Date :
- 01 Jan 1992
- Pages :
- 163
- ISBN :
- 9789264164949 (PDF) ; 9789264137240 (print)
- DOI :
- 10.1787/eco_surveys-tur-1992-en
OECD's annual economy report on Turkey. Macroeconomic developments and the short-term outlook are discussed in Part I. Part II presents and overview of the objectives of fiscal and monetary policy and their realization. In addition, new developments in other areas of economic policy are briefly sketched. Part III presents the main features of the Turkish tax system and major reform steps undertaken in the 1980s. It also highlights the shortcomings of the present system in order to identify possible directions for future reform. Part IV reviews recent developments of State economic enterprises, the main problems of this sector, and what can be done to alleviate the burden it imposes on the government budget as well as on the economy. Finally, conclusions for economy policy are presented in Part V.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. Recent trends and prospects
-Overview
-Slowdown of supply and use of resources
-Public-sector deficits and private saving
-A puzzling labour market
-Stubborn inflationary pressures
-Wage explosion
-Improving current external account
-The outlook to 1993
II. Economic policies
-Fiscal policy
-Monetary policy
-Other policy areas in the economic programme
III. A decade of tax reform
-Key features of the tax structure and reform
-Other aspects of the reform
-Unfinished business
IV. The reform of State economic enterprises
-The weight of State economic enterprises in the Turkish economy
-The evolution of SEEs in the 1980s and government policies
-Structural causes of poor SEE performance
-Guidelines for a reform of SEEs
V. Conclusions
Notes and references
Annexes
-I. Some information on tax aggregates
-II. Profitability and financial performance of SEEs
-III. Calendar of main economic events
Statistical and structural annex